Ayinde Kareem/

A Nigerian who returned home from the United States after a 45-year sojourn, has been killed by bandits at the Ikorodu area of Lagos.

Mutiu Agbosasa had lived in New York before he returned to Nigeria last year.

The victim who was in his 70s had attended Ansar-udeen High School in Lagos, before he went for further studies in the U.S.

Mutiu Agbosasa in an outing in Nigeria

In the U.S., he went to Long Island University and was working at the City of New York Hospital before returning to Nigeria. His Linkedin account however described him as Account Executive at Metropolitan Hospital, Brooklyn, New York, PM News reported.

Agbosasa was described by friends and family members as a kind and gentle man.